| Name | CVE-2018-7164 |
| Description | Node.js versions 9.7.0 and later and 10.x are vulnerable and the severity is MEDIUM. A bug introduced in 9.7.0 increases the memory consumed when reading from the network into JavaScript using the net.Socket object directly as a stream. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service by sending tiny chunks of data in short succession. This vulnerability was restored by reverting to the prior behaviour. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nodejs (PTS) | bullseye | 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u7 | fixed |
| bookworm | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 20.19.0+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid | 20.19.0+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nodejs | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| nodejs | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| nodejs | source | (unstable) | 10.15.0~dfsg-6 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[stretch] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects >= 9.x)
[jessie] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects >= 9.x)
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/#memory-exhaustion-dos-on-v9-x-cve-2018-7164
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3217e8e66fa81e